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RAX (USA 218) - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 37223U 10062B   11152.36844328 0.00000635  00000-0  88754-4 0    07
2 37223  71.9713  73.6151 0021634 311.5989  48.3343 14.77415682    02
Epoch (UTC): 01 June 2011 08:50:33
Eccentricity: 0.0021634
inclination: 71.9713°
perigee height: 622 km
apogee height: 652 km
right ascension of ascending node: 73.6151°
argument of perigee: 311.5989°
revolutions per day: 14.77415682
mean anomaly at epoch: 48.3343°
orbit number at epoch: 0

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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